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J. P. W. ROACH.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 269,598. Patented Dee. 26:, 1882.

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IINiTnD STATES PATENT Ormea.

JEREMIAII I. \V. ROACH, CONCORD, .NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALFTO JOSIAH E. DWIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,598, dated December26, 1882.

Application tiled October 5, 1882.

To all whom It may concern Be it known that I, JEREMIAH P. W. ROACH, 'acitizen ofthe United States, residingat Concord, in the vcounty ofMerrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Open Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare thatthe same are full)Y described in the following specification andillustratedin the accompanying draw- The object of this invention is tofurnish an open horse-collar adjustable to fit the necks of horses ofdifferent sizes by means of a connecting-strap with a combined cap andchafe,

detachable together from the strap and collar, the chafe heiligpermanently shaped to to the back of the animals neck, and movabletoward and from the bottom of the collar by shortening and lengtheningthe confiningzo strap.

My invention consists in such combined cap and chate for openhorse-collars, and it is embodied in a horse-collar open at the top, andprovided at that point with said cap and chafe movable upon anddetachable together from said collar and its connecting-strap.

In the drawings, Figure l represents an open collar provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 shows the cap and chafe detached from the 3o collar.

The collar A is open at the top, not having the 'Ordinary continuouscurve and unvarying form; but its upwardly-extending sides are connectedat the top only by a strap, S, and

buckle B, adapted to enlargeor diminish the size ofthe collar, and toreadily adjust it to horses necks of different sizes. The upper ends ofthe collar are shown in dotted lines.

To conceal the upper ends of the collar and 4o prevent them from rubbingon the animals neck, I provide a cap, O, and chafe D,.perma nentlyunited to each other, and arranged as shown. The chafe is curvedcentrally to t the back of a horses neck, and extends each waytherefrom, so as to lie between his neck and the ends of the collar. Thecap, secured to the chale centrally, extends both ways from (No model.)

the center over the upper ends of the collar, which are received betweenthe parts C and D.

The strap S is shown as'passing over the 5o top of the cap through aloop, I5, so as to hold the cap and chafe in position'at the top ofthecollar. The size of the collarl may therefore Abe increased or decreasedby ,slipping the strap one way or the other through this loop andfastening it bythe buckle B.

It is obvious that the strap 1nay,if preferred. be passed between thecap and chafe, and still leave them adjustable upon it. In either casethe chafe once shaped to a horses neck re- 6o quires no reshaping' whenthe collar is enlarged or .dimished, but is merely raised or lowered byadjusting the length of the strap. rIhis is a material improvementoveropen collars having aps made fast to the sides and folded in against theanimals neck, thus necessitating a new bearing-point with every changein size. Myplan is also much simpler and the device more ornamental thanthose heretofore used, which conceal the upper ends 7o ofopen collars byinserting them into-a leather tube bent over the animals neck, and heldin place by a strap. I disclaim such construction, since it is veryunsightly in appearance, and the inner portion of the pad will benecessarily wrinkled when in use, causing: much pain to the horse. rlhepeculiarity of my device is that it is open at both sides and ends, thecap and chafe being made of separate pieces, and only united at atransverse cen- 8u tral plane. The chafe is in practice of soft flexibleleather, and the cap comparatively rigid. The chafe follows the curvesofthe animals neck without wrinkles; but the cap may, as shown, haveadissimilar shape of ornamental configuration.

`I usually attach to the wings of the ehat'c loops F, through which theupper ends ofthe collar are passed, said loops being pressed down by thehames when in use into the re- 9o cesses ofthe collar, thus holding thechale and cap rmly.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a com binedcap and chafe for open horse-collars, the other flexible with opensides, and arranged ro same being united centrally, open at the sides toreceive between them the upper ends ot' the and ends, and togetherdetachable from the collar, substantially as set forth.

collar and adjustable thereon, substantially its l In testimony whereofI hereto aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

set forth.

2. An open horse-collar hnvingits upwardly- JEREMIAH P. YV. ROA() H.projecting sides provided respectively with :t Witnesses: strap andbuckle, in combination with a united WALTER J'. OOFFIN, cnp andcl1afe,1nn(letlic one rigid and the, ll. N. PHILBRICK.

